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September 17, 2016

AP Interview: Infantino fighting resistance to overhaul FIFA

Sepp Blatter has been expelled from FIFA but not eradicated from its headquarters. A swift left turn after entering FIFA's ...

September 14, 2016

Platini era ends as UEFA elects little-known Ceferin as head

Michel Platini reluctantly handed over the reins of power in European soccer to Aleksander Ceferin, a little-known Slovenian ...

September 14, 2016

Platini insists conscience clear in farewell speech to UEFA

Michel Platini insisted his conscience was clear and he would continue the fight to overturn a FIFA ban in a farewell speech ...

September 13, 2016

UEFA hopeful Van Praag complains nations turned back on him

UEFA presidential candidate Michael van Praag says that countries have reneged on promises to back him in Wednesday's ...

September 13, 2016

Austria still unsure of who to back in UEFA election

The Austrian Football Federation says it still doesn't know who to back in the UEFA presidential election. Austria and 54 ...

September 13, 2016

UEFA presidential favorite criticizes Champions League deal

UEFA and its top clubs have enraged the rest of the continent with an unacceptable, secret deal to guarantee more Champions ...

September 12, 2016

Infantino's leadership questioned as UEFA elects president

After declaring FIFA's image crisis over four months ago, questions are being raised about Gianni Infantino as he heads to ...

September 12, 2016

Banned Platini to give speech before successor elected

Michel Platini will be allowed to address European soccer leaders before his successor as UEFA president is elected, despite ...

September 09, 2016

FIFA opens bribery case against Sepp Blatter, 2 others

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case, and one of his former vice presidents was fined more than ...

September 07, 2016

Banned by FIFA, Platini plans to be at UEFA election

Michel Platini plans to speak at the UEFA presidential election to replace him next week, despite his current FIFA ban from ...

September 06, 2016

UEFA presidential candidate Villar withdraws election bid

UEFA presidential candidate Angel Maria Villar has ended his bid to succeed Michel Platini in an election next week.

September 02, 2016

German federation supports Slovenian for UEFA president

The German football federation has joined France in supporting Aleksander Ceferin in his bid to replace Michel Platini as ...

September 01, 2016

French federation supporting Ceferin for UEFA presidency

The French soccer federation says it supports Aleksander Ceferin in his bid to replace Michel Platini as UEFA president.

August 25, 2016

Blatter says he will accept verdict as CAS appeal begins

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter arrived for a marathon appeal hearing against a six-year ban from football on Thursday, ...

August 23, 2016

Top European clubs set to win in new Champions League deal

The richest clubs and biggest leagues in Europe are set to tighten their grip on the Champions League's future format and ...

July 25, 2016

FIFA bans council member Niersbach in World Cup bids probe

FIFA council member Wolfgang Niersbach, a member of FIFA's ruling council, was banned from soccer for one year on Monday in ...

July 22, 2016

UEFA confirms 3 entries for presidential election

Contenders from Slovenia, the Netherlands and Spain have entered the UEFA presidential contest to replace the banned Michel ...

July 19, 2016

Spanish federation head Villar seeks UEFA presidency

Angel Maria Villar, UEFA's longest-serving vice president, is standing in the election to succeed Michel Platini as the head ...

July 11, 2016

Dour games, joy for underdogs at violence-marred Euro 2016

The Portuguese party had just begun when a message briefly flickered on the Stade de France big screen: "Merci pour tout, ...